Hi Ana,

First, I'd point them to Adobe's Accessibility 
blog, since PDFs are their thing: 
http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/


Then there's the "A List Apart" page with Facts & 
Opinions about PDFs:
http://alistapart.com/article/pdf_accessibility


Then there's the Deque Systems Essential Guide to 
Digital Accessibility:
http://accessibility.deque.com/essential-guide-digital-accessibility?gclid=CNiWirX8krsCFQISMwodFH4Ayw


There's also this, from the 
AccessibleBookConsortium, on Best Practices for 
Accessible Publishing, which might offer tips, 
since there are many books published  via PDF:
http://www.accessiblebooksconsortium.org/inclusive_publishing/en/accessible_best_practice_guidelines_for_publishers.html#accessible_file_formats_which_ones_are_accessible



Strive On!
Everett




----- Original Message ----- 
Hi All,
> As we all know, some PDFs read better than 
> others. Sometimes when I open a PDF, I get a 
> nice document with paragraphs and everything. 
> More often, however, I get a big clump of text, 
> which is good enough for getting content, but 
> not comfortable to scroll through or read in 
> bits and pieces.
> How do you make a PDF appear to a screen reader 
> as nice paragraphs?
> Recently, a literary journal has switched over 
> to PDF format. When I open the issues, I find a 
> big blob of text, so what ends up happening is 
> that I read the first couple of selections, then 
> quit because coming back to things, even with 
> the find command, is sort of hit and miss. 
> Apparently I'm not the only screen reader user 
> who has had this experience because the magazine 
> has received complaints from other blind 
> readers. Someone on the editorial staff has 
> asked me how to solve the problem.
> What do I tell them, or where can I point them?
>


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